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Table 3 Hospital diagnosis

From: Use of health services by remote dwelling Aboriginal infants in tropical northern Australia: a retrospective cohort study

Diagnosis

Primary diagnosis

Secondary diagnosis

 

Total (%)

Total (%)

Respiratory infections

145 (47%)

5 (2%)

Gastroenteritis

85 (27%)

2 (1%)

Failure to thrive

14 (5%)

6 (2%)

Other

12 (4%)

2 (1%)

Skin infection

10 (3%)

3 (1%)

Fever without focus/Suspected sepsis

9 (3%)

1(< 1%)

Urinary Tract Infection

7 (2%)

4 (1%)

Surgery

7 (2%)

1 (< 1%)

Seizures

5 (2%)

1 (< 1%)

Anaemia

4 (1%)

4 (1%)

Injury

3 (1%)

0

None recorded

9 (3%)

281 (91%)

Total

310

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